SM-liiga 2010-11 Predictions

Thought it would be fun to get some predictions for standings/league leaders at the end of the season. Nothing has to be exact (i.e. you don't have to put how many points a player will have, unless you want to), but just a rough prediction at who the best teams/players will be this year. Obviously only a few games have been played, but it would be fun to compare predictions with the results at the end of the year. For the individual player categories, feel free to name as any players as you want, and if you want to add new categories, go for it. Here's the categories:

STANDINGS: (Predict team finishes 1-14)

CHAMPIONS/MEDAL WINNERS:

PLAYER POINTS LEADERS: (TOP 5)

PLAYER GOALS LEADERS: (TOP 5)

MVP GOALTENDER: (Name a few if you want)

MVP DEFENSEMAN: (Also name a few if you want)

ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: (Top rookie player of the year, any position)

FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR: (Top player who hasn't played in SML previously, any position)

ENFORCER OF THE YEAR: (Top player who best exhibits physical skills; i.e. checking, fighting, etc.)

BREAKOUT PLAYER OF THE YEAR: (Player who finally has that "big year" that establishes him as a star)

Sorry but that wouldn't be possible when HIFK, JYP and Kärpät would be in the semifinals. JYP and Kärpät would play against each other and one would be out of the finals while HIFK would play versus the team lowest in the standings (KalPa/Lukko).

[QUOTE=Juzmo;28008044]Sorry but that wouldn't be possible when HIFK, JYP and Kärpät would be in the semifinals. JYP and Kärpät would play against each other and one would be out of the finals while HIFK would play versus the team lowest in the standings (KalPa/Lukko).

Sorry but that wouldn't be possible when HIFK, JYP and Kärpät would be in the semifinals. JYP and Kärpät would play against each other and one would be out of the finals while HIFK would play versus the team lowest in the standings (KalPa/Lukko).

Yeah no big deal. I just remembered something like that the team best in the standings will meet the worst and the second best the second worst. Don't really know how it works nowdays since I haven't payed much attention to it in the past 10 years. Whatever

OT: Well 4 kilos don't really show in that mess. Still pretty bad, yet not that horrible in the two games he has managed to play. But him being the highest paid (150 000 euros wtf) player in our team on the other hand is something horrible. Only positive thing is that it's his final year here...

CHAMPIONS/MEDAL WINNERS:
Gold: Lukko
Silver: HIFK
Bronze: Assat
(I realize that this maybe be impossible based on the way they do the playoffs, but it's hard for me to get concrete information on this so take it easy on me!)

MVP DEFENSEMAN: (Also name a few if you want)
Ville Uusitalo (sorry, I like Assat and to support my theory that they'll have a big year he needs to be rock solid!!)

ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: (Top rookie player of the year, any position)
Teemu Pulkkinen (ok I know he's not a rookie but I don't know much about the new kids on the block but I'll call him a "rookie" since he'll play a full season)

FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR: (Top player who hasn't played in SML previously, any position)
Kamil Kreps
Patrick Yetman (not a freshman I know, but I should've made this category more like an unfamiliar face in the league establishing himself as an star SM-liiga player)

ENFORCER OF THE YEAR: (Top player who best exhibits physical skills; i.e. checking, fighting, etc.)
Karalahti

BREAKOUT PLAYER OF THE YEAR: (Player who finally has that "big year" that establishes him as a star)
Kilpelainen

Last edited by willfenix: 09-30-2010 at 06:59 PM.
Reason: had Rosa as leading league in points, forgot he'll miss a portion of the season

First actually Teemu Pulkkinen is stil la rookie player in SM-liiga. He doesn't play over 20 games so he's still a rookie.

And then the playoffs system. I think is good to try to tell how it goes.

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Okay. 10 teams goes to playoffs.

First is qualifyinground. There plays teams which where positions 7-10.

7.-10.
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This series are best three.

Then the real playoffs.

Winner of regular season will play against the team which where lower position in regular season. So it plays against the winner of the qualifyinground. The second team in regular season plays against the other team who wins qualifyinground.

JYP were fairly obvious winners of the league, suprised at how well Ässät did this season, not suprised to see Pelicans and SaiPa in the bottom 4, Very disappointed at how we (Tappara) did this year, but after losing guys like Nieminen, Ojanen, Lehterä.. it was always going to be a transitional year.

Suprised at how well Ilves did bouncing back from the season before and their shock win vs HPK in the play-offs, big season from Niinimäki who has too often wasted his potential in previous years. On paper JYP and Lukko were always going to be 2 of the top teams this year, I still think they will meet in the final, but JYP just have that edge that will see them win back the cup, Lukko still waiting since '63.